Genesis 32:2

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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Mahanaim Place: Two camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of God,” and where he divided his retinue into “two hosts” on his return from Padan-aram ( Gen. 32:2 ). Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi.